Cardinals is a 2017 Canadian thriller film directed by Grayson Moore and Aidan Shipley. The film stars Sheila McCarthy as Valerie Walker, a woman who has just recently been released from prison after killing a coworker in a drunk driving incident, when Mark (Noah Reid), the son of the man she killed, shows up on her doorstep demanding answers of his own.
Cardinals, part of Telefilm Canada's Micro-Budget Production Program, was filmed in Stratford, Kitchener, and Barrie, Ontario.
The film premiered in the Discovery section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.
At the 2017 Whistler Film Festival, Moore won the award for Best Screenplay in a Borsos Competition Film.
For her performance as Valerie Walker, Sheila McCarthy won the 2018 ACTRA Toronto Award for Outstanding Performance, Female.